Drivers and impacts in the globalization of corporate R&D: An introduction based on the European experience

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 585-603

  Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^b,c,d   Voigt, Peter ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GLOBALIZATION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; NATIONAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 79953698735     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr005     Document Type: Article

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